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12%OFFKenneth R. Lang - Sun, Earth and Sky - 9781461497769 - V9781461497769
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Sun, Earth and Sky

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Description for Sun, Earth and Sky Paperback. Written in a light and friendly style, this lavishly illustrated book introduces the life-sustaining Sun and its physics, and describes all aspects of the Sun's interaction with us on Earth. It contains images never before seen in print. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PHVG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.

This Second Edition of Sun, Earth and Sky updates the popular text by providing comprehensive accounts of the most recent discoveries made by five modern solar spacecraft during the past decade. Their instruments have used sound waves to peer deep into the Sun’s inner regions and measure the temperature of its central nuclear reactor, and extended our gaze far from the visible Sun to record energetic outbursts that threaten Earth. Breakthrough observations with the underground Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are also included, which explain the new physics of ghostly neutrinos and solve the problematic mismatch between the predicted and observed amounts ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461497769
SKU
V9781461497769
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About Kenneth R. Lang
Professor Lang has written several books about the Sun, as well as widely used reference works in astronomy and astrophysics. He has carried out radio observations of the active Sun with the Very Large Array in support of the SOHO spacecraft, teaches an extremely popular introductory course about the Sun to Tufts University students with non-scientific majors, and has served ... Read more

Reviews for Sun, Earth and Sky
From the reviews of the second edition: "The second edition follows the first in its approach to topics but has been brought up to date – most especially by reviewing the results from five modern solar spacecraft and from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. … I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in how ... Read more

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